Hair curler



v. J. Rom-rE HAIR CURLER Filed Deo.

May 18, 1948.

Patented May 18, Y1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLER n Victor J. Rodte, Easton, Pa. Application December 2s, 1946, serial No; 719,076

This invention relates to apparatus used inthe art of forming permanent waves in human hair and more particularly to apparatus forfcold waving the hair.

The process of "cold waving involves the setting of the 'hair by chemical means.V The hair is curled, the chemical solution or other prepara tion is applied, and after a period of time the curl in the hair assumes a more or less permanent status. Chemical preparations currently in use in this process have properties which are injurious to the scalp. It is highly essential therefore that the preparation be appliedsolely to the hair and not to the skin. The present invention relates to apparatus which maybe used in this process of cold waving the hair.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide apparatus of this type which automatically prevents contact of the chemical preparation with .the scalp. K

Another object of this invention is the provision' ofy apparatus 'of the characterl described which is provided with hair curling means en- 'closed within a casing in which the chemical preparation as applied to the hair may most eiectively act upon the hair.

A preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a view of a plurality of the claimed device shown applied to a womans hair;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device in closed operative position;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the device showing its hair curling rod in extended position relative to the casing and in position to receive a tress or look of hair;

Fig. 4 is a top View of the device in closed position, the cover thereof being partly broken away to show the position of the hair curling rod there- Fig. 5 is a front view of said device in closed position;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4;

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pair of base members 2'which are hngedly connected to, each other by means of hinge member 2l, a hair curling rod22 which isconnected to the hinge member 2l and a cover 23 which is hingedly connected to the hinge member 2|. Each base member 23 has a bottom wall 3o, a side wall 3|, a front wall 32 and a back wall 33. When the two base members are brought together in closed position, as shown in Fig. 4, they form an enclosed compartment which has four sides and a bottom, but no top. The cover 23 however is coextensive with the two base members and when said base members and the cover are in closed position, as shown for example in Figs. 2 and 4, a six-sided box-like affair is produced.

Close examination of hinge 2l particularly as shown in Fig. 10,` will show that it is provided with three holes. There are two vertically extending pin holes 35which are spaced from each otherand parallelto each other and there is one horizontally `extending pin hole 35.Y rIfhe axis of pin holes 35 on the one hand and 36 on the other, lie on parallel spaced planes. The pin holes 35 are psitioned to receive pins 31 which extend through holes 38 in the back walls of base members 2G. Pin hole 36 is positioned to receive a pin 39 which extendsl through a horizontally extending hole formed in the back of the cover 23. By reason of this construction the two base members 2i! may be brought flat against each other both when in closed and in open position. And further by reason of this construction the cover 23 may be brought flat upon the base members both in open and closed position.

To lock the device in closed position two latching members are provided. The iirst is latch member 40 which locks the two base members together. This latching device comprises a simple hook and eye construction wherein the hook is connected to one of the base members and the eye to the other. A second latching means comprises a hook-shaped end portion or flange 45 along the front edge of the cover 23 and a lip portion 46 which extends along the upper edge of the front walls of the two base members. It will be seen in Fig. 8 that when the device is in closed position and the cover flat upon the base members, the hook-shaped ilange engages the lip 46 which locks the cover to the base members.

The manner in which the device above-described may be used, may be described as fol-4 lows: The device is opened to the position shown in Fig. 3. In. this position the latch d may be used to lock the two base members together. The curling rod 22 assumes an outwardly extending position since it is xed to the body of the hinge member 2|. A tress or lock of hair 50 is wound around the curling rod 22 in the manner shown in Fig. 3. The base and cover members of the device are now swung into closed position as shown in Figs. 4 and 8, and again the hin-ge member 4B is used to lock the base members together. At this point the flange 45 and lip 46 are also brought into engagement with each other.V The base of thevzhair, as {vvillbe seen in 8 landzvQpv extends outwardly fromthe devic'th'roughthe space between the floors of the tWo base members.

` The chemical hair curling preparation mayfbe.. applied vto the hair both before and after the" device is locked in position on the hair,... be that the operation Wouldvcallf, for Atvrpe :chema ical preparations one of which would bemap"LV plied before the hair is curled upon the'lclirlingfh "A Y 20V compartment when the 4base members are 'in locked upon the hairad vbeforeth coverl is;

rod, and the other applied after the device is tween trie tvvojrior.pt rmtiis` ujf ihemetse mimI-:l bers, thereby closing thefjoin't between that :they are 'susteptime .ftiier shapes' vveiijy Ll., '..AN i,

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I claim:

1. A curling device comprising a pair of base members which are hingedly connected to each other at one end, and which are provided with a lo latchingmeansagthe othrendv.- tijiehinge connection 'betvveen said members adapting said members to fold fiat against each other, both 'iripen and in closed position and said latching means loeing operable both when said base mem- 15 bers 'are in closed and open position, said base 'meinb'erspforming when in latched closed position,*a*relativelyvwatertight compartment@ curlp Yin`rnrr'iber connectedN to said hinge constructionandp9sitioned for enclosure Within said Creep;

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